AN ATMOSPHERIC concert by a musician dubbed “possibly the most interesting pianist in the world” comes to Salisbury Cathedral next month.

David Owen Norris returns to the city on Friday, January 9 for a concert full of breathtaking music: Piano by Candlelight.

The concert includes music by Gibbons, Parry and Vaughan Williams & Billy Mayerl, along with his own transcription of The Scene of the Cold Genius from Purcell’s King Arthur.

Audiences will be treated to one of the first performances of the newly restored version of Elgar’s mighty ‘Concerto Allegro’, which was published only after his death, in a sadly truncated rendition.

The cathedral says Norris is described as ‘quite possibly the most interesting pianist in the world’.

Piano by Candlelight comes to Salisbury Cathedral. Photo: Dominic Parkes

Working internationally as pianist, composer and broadcaster, he has gained praise for his series Chord of the Week, part of BBC 2’s PromsExtra.

The performance is the first in a line-up of intimate chamber concerts taking place in the new year, including a violin and piano concert centred around the Romantic period from David Halls and Daphne Moody.

The cathedral also plays host to a moving performance of Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, and a beautifully English concert of oboe and piano music from Rosalie and Alistair Watson.

For tickets and further information, visit www.salisburycathedral.org.uk

Find out more about the chamber concert series.